DARB

[i] bought 6 Cichlids from a pet store They said there were cross from diffrent cichlids. 1 real orange 1 yellow real light with faded stripes with gold spots on tail fin. the others that died were blue with black stripes.
I will post some pics hard to see them there fast.

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kieley

those all look the same to me and appear to be red zebras

DARB

Im sorry the pics are real bad. can cichlids cross breed and if there red zebras Im I going to have problems with my other fish..

kieley

yes they can cross breed and at least in my limited experience red zebras get along with yellow labs!

DARB

Thanks for your input. I can't wait tell they get big to see there true colors. How long would it take for a Cichlid to grow to a big fish. Thanks I'm all about ?

kieley

im not sure really..
probably like a year or somethin?

Allie

Those would be hybrid and I wish LFS would stop selling them. Some look like red zebra, but I need better pix.
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/article..._beginners.php
Check out the whole site...it's full of great info for cichlid newbies.

Angela_96

It is a possiblity of them being hybrids, lfs's are very nororis of selling them lately in the "mixed cichlid" tank its where they order them. And I agree w/ Allie I wish they would stop selling them. They are pretty cichilds, don't get me wrong I have a beautiful cichlid that is a hybrid I bought a petsmart many moons ago I won't ever get rid of him he does his own thing stays in a corner and comes out to show off to eat and thats it. He isn't in with my fish that I breed though for the fact that he is a hybrid.

cichlidsmad

yup red zebras